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J. F. APPLEBY. HARVESTING MACHINE.

Patented Feb. 18,1896.

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J. F. APPLEBY. HARVESTING MACHINE.

No. 554,854. Patented Feb. 18', 1896.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. APPLEBY, OF SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE WILLIAM DEERING & COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HARVESTING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,854, dated February 18, 1896.

Application filed October 30, 1891, $erial No. 410,331. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN F. APPLEBY, of Santa Cruz, in the county of Santa Cruz and State of California, have invented new and useful Means of Connecting sheaf-Carriers with Self-l3inding Harvesters, of which the following is a full description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which Figure l is a rear sectional elevation; Fig. 2, a sectional side elevation; Figs. 3, 4, and 5, details; and Fig. 6 shows a modification.

My invention consists, first, in mounting a bundle-carrier on the axle of the harvestingmachine, so that it shall vary in its height from the ground as little as possible, and, second, in the arrangement of parts whereby the result is accomplished. It is desirable to place all of the heavy parts of such a machine low, so that the structure shall not be top-heavy, and for that reason the self-binding attachment and harvester-frame are as low as possible. This necessitates high placement of the sheaf-carrier relative to the binder attachment, for which reason the capacity of the carrier is considerably reduced. In Fig. 1 my sheaf-carrier is shown a little lower than the usual position relative to the binder-table,and hence the binding attachment also placed low relative to the supporting-wheel. It is mounted on the main-wheel axle, so that its height from the ground shall vary little or none. Being so supported, it will be clearly understood that if the machine proper be raised relative to the wheel the binding attachment will be moved upward and the capacity of the carrier increased. The result may be stated in a few words: My carrier has not only all of the advantages of ordinary ones, but an added capacity is given when the machine proper is high. The self-binder and carrier must necessarily be close when the machine is cutting low, butas I have arranged not necessarily so in cutting with the machine in positions other than of lowest adjustment.

In the drawings, A is the main supportingwheel, B the grain-elevating devices, and C the self-binder attachment, having the usual packers and binder-table c.

D is a crank-shaped arm, having the wrist d thrust into the pivot-block d secured to the harvesting-machine platform-frame.

d is the main axle, firmly secured in the arm D and formed as one piece with it. On this the main wheel is journaled. The axle, as will be seen in Fig. 1, extends some distance beyond the hub of the wheel A. On this projecting portion, or a part controlled by it, I mount the arm or bracket E, which, extending stubbleward, supports the sheaf-carrier F. To prevent the bracket E from withdrawing from the axle, a pin 6 is provided, but as the axle must necessarily turn relative to the arm E the pin-holes either in E or the axle must be slotted, preferably in the bracket, as shown.

The carrier I show in Figs. 1 and 2 is one of the hopper kind, which discharges its load by rocking over toward the rear, but I do not limit myself to any particular form of bundlecarrier,because those consisting of fingers that swing to the rear may be supported upon my bracket E and the height of the carrier relative to the ground be changed but little or not at all. The bracket E is pivoted on the axle, so that it may rock on the latter as an axis.

I have adapted my harvesting-machine to rise and fall by movement of the arm D in the bearing d. It may move from a position higher than that shown in Fig. 5 to one shown in-dotted lines in the same figure. In that figure the arm E of the carrier-support is shown. To prevent the sheaf-carrier from turning backward or forward, a link extends from the arm E to the harvester-frame. The link being long will hold the carrier in an approximately level position, the link swinging on its axis where connected to the harvester-frame and the arm D moving on its axis on the harvester-fram e. The link G extends to the point g, which may be considered fixed if any carrier but a rocking kind be used, but if one of the dumping kind, such as preferred and in Figs. 1 and 2 shown, be used then the point g is at the end of an arm g on the rock-shaft g having at its grain end an arm by which it is rocked, and the link 9 reaching to the pedal g adjacent to the drivers seat. If the pedal be moved, the carrier may be made to assume the positions shown in full and dotted lines in Fig. 2. If it is thought best, the sheaf-carrier maybe, in cases where the self-binding attachment is exceedingly low, placed a little lower than is desirable to use it in all cases, in which case it need not be supported 011 the axis direct, but may be adapted to rock on the Wrist of a erank-like arm extending slightly forward of the axle, as shown at d in Figs. 3 and 4, when the carrier will raise away from the ground to a limited extent.

I11 case a carrier is used that does not rock the bracket E may be shaped asshown in Fig. 6 and the finger-supporting bar of the carrier bolted thereto.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the harvester-frame, the pivoted arm D, having an axis, a sheafearrier support mounted thereon and having the arm E, the latter connected by a link to the harvester-frame, whereby the horizontal position of the earrieris maintained, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the harvesterframe of the pivoted arm D, having an axis, and upon said axis a sheaf-carrier support so pivoted that the arniD may rise and fall without disturbing the horizontal position of the said carrier, the support being so connected to the harvester-frame that a substantially horizontal position of the carrier may be maintained, substantially as described.

J OIIN F. APPL'EBY. Witnesses:

ELISE M. IIALVERSON, ARTHUR JoHNsoN. 

